DJ Black Coffee’s age shocks SA

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Since his thrust into the limelight, DJ Black Coffee-born Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo has won big in the entertainment industry.

He has headlined several shows worldwide and shared the stage with some of the entertainment industry’s greatest acts, including Pharrell Williams, who has since become his friend.

DJ BLACK COFFE’S AGE REVEALED ON HIS BIRTHDAY

However, despite being one of the most followed stars, the Grammy Award-winner has managed to keep his private life under wraps, leaving many to guess even about his age.

Thanks to his huge social media following, he often trends whenever he posts or gets posted online. DJ Black Coffee is trending against the backdrop of his birthday.

Fans, fellow celebrities and bloggers flooded social media with warm birthday wishes, and the publication quickly connected the dots about his age.

The 49-year-old celebrated DJ was born on 11 March 1976 in eThekwini. The DJ later moved to Umtata, 29 km from the home of late South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu Village.

However, while celebrating Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on 11 February 1990, DJ Black Coffee was involved in an accident that left him with a brachial plexus injury on his left arm.

CAREER

While growing up, he had a soft spot for music, and after matric, DJ Black Coffee majored in Jazz Studies at Durban University of Technology.

He went on to work with Madala Kunene as a backup singer, and this exposure saw him compete in Red Bull Music in 2003.

DJ Black Coffee had his shot at fame when he released ’ Happiness.’ Two years later, he made his presence known in the industry when he remixed Hugh Masekela’s 1972 hit ‘Stimela.’

Since then, DJ Black Coffee has won big and made Europe his playground. Undoubtedly, one of his biggest career highlights is his seventh studio album, Subconsciously, released in 2021.

The album went on to win the Best Dance/Electonic Album award at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

MAKING HEADLINES

In recent years, DJ Black Coffee has made headlines with his life of glitz and glamour. Like those before him, he has splurged millions on the world’s flashiest things, which often implicates his net worth.

Rumour has it that the Grammy Award winner has an estimated net worth of R990 million. Reports have it that a huge chunk of his fortune comes from his music career.

Reports suggest that he usually charges at least R4 million for a set on the Spanish island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea.